Men's Roster Presumptive

Now that all the Olympic spots have officially been given out in the men's event, and I do not believe there will be any immediate handing back of spots, here is what we can gather for what the roster will look like, with skaters locked, probable, and possible, with four alternates listed(in at least one discipline in 2006, the third alternate made it to the Olympics):

I wonder if the KAZ federation has any extra criteria like CZE or GER or will they just send Rakimgaliev anyways since they already have the spot.. I like Abzal, he has talent but he's faaar from olympic levetl at this moment. Kazakov, the first alternate, is much better. Does anyone know??

MissIzzy I agree with basically everything you posted but I'll add that Zelenka may be challenged by Bacchini if he's not well recovered from his injuries and that there are more russian guys fighting for the 2nd spot (Borodulin, Menshov, Tretiakov, Uspenski.).

It's sad no chinese man is going ... Long gone are the days of Chengjiang LI and Min Zhang.

I wonder if the KAZ federation has any extra criteria like CZE or GER or will they just send Rakimgaliev anyways since they already have the spot.. I like Abzal, he has talent but he's faaar from olympic levetl at this moment.

What's wrong with Abzal's skating "at this moment"? I mean he made it to the final in worlds 2008 and he is not old(17).

What's wrong with Abzal's skating "at this moment"? I mean he made it to the final in worlds 2008 and he is not old(17).

There's nothing wrong, he's young and he has potential but I dont see him as olympian level yet (He's right now not even in the top 10 after the SP at JGP Belarus) and specially when he's basically going thanks to Denis Ten placement rather than his own merits. but if he goes that's great for him. An unforgettable experience

There's nothing wrong, he's young and he has potential but I dont see him as olympian level yet (He's right now not even in the top 10 after the SP at JGP Belarus) and specially when he's basically going thanks to Denis Ten placement rather than his own merits. but if he goes that's great for him. An unforgettable experience

Yes, I saw. He is number 13, 2 falls, bad score, 41.69. But everyone in that age(and older ) have ups and downs. What I actually meant; did he have injure problems? I wish KAZ will send him! I hate when nations(like my own) have spots in olympics and don't use them.

And does the Czech Republic have anyone to challenge Brezina for the second spot (Verner obviously has the first)? I presume the federation won't just not use it's second slot, and I don't know of anyone else who they could send.

MissIzzy, thanks for doing this. I was getting curious who we can expect to see at the Olympics.

I'm not sure who's gonna get the second Canadian spot, but I think Chipeur is slightly ahead of Ten.

Judging from Chipeur's results in the Grand Prix events, it's not looking too good for him. He has done the worst compared to the other contenders for that second spot (the others being Ten, Reynolds and Sawyer) in terms of both placement and points. Here are their season bests thus far:

Chipeur even scored an embarrassingly low 155.43 to place dead last at TEB. The other three still have one more grand prix event each, so it will be interesting to see who can make the best impression on the international scene before nationals in January. I think most are looking to Chipeur and Ten to fill the second spot, but I wouldn't count out Reynolds and Sawyer. It all depends on who steps up when they have to.